MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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